PRESENT SIMPLE

SPELLING RULES
Some verbs have present
simple spelling changes with
‘he’, ‘she’ and ‘it’.

I Write the he/ she/ it form of the verbs in the box in the correct columns.
carry enjoy hurry + -s + -es y -ies
wash watch say fly _enjoys_______ _relaxes______ _hurries________
destroy marry pay Says Washes Carries
go do stay relax try Destroys flies
Watches
Pays Marries
Goes
stays tries
does

II Highlight the correct verbs in the sentences.

1 Sarah studys/studies German at school. 11 The plane flies/flys low over the
sea.
2 Mary visites/visits us twice a week. 12 Kate washess/|washes her
hair every day.
3 I hope my elder brother passes /pasies the exam. 13 My mother bakes/ bakess cakes
every Sunday.
4 Dad always teaches/teacheis me new things. 14 John lives/livs in the city most of
the year.
5 I don’t/doesn’t live in the city. 15 He goes/gos to school at eight
o’clock.
6 Sam often plaies/plays tennis. 16 The Sun doesn’t/dosn’t go round
the Earth.
7 Jeremy carries/carrys my bag. 17 Peter watchies/watches TV
every evening.
8 III takes/takies
NedWrite care
the verbs in the of hissimple.
present mother. 18 Nick never crys/cries.
Mrs.always
9 Mark does/dos
Green 1__hurryes (hurry) to work every morning.19
his homework. She buies/buys
He2 teaches (teach) Literature at the
a cup of coffee
college
every in Bath. Mr. Green often 3 goes (go) with her and 4 carries (carry) her bag. She always has a
morning.
big bag full of books and her husband 5 worries (worry) about her back.
10 Anna enjoyes/enjoys going swimming. 20 My sisters study/studies hard
From time to time Mrs. Green 6 goes (go) to London for a few days for her work. Her mother
at school.
7 Stays (stay) with her daughter’s family, as the Greens have three children. Their grandmother
8 Makes (make) their food, 9 washes (wash) their clothes and 10 tidies (tidy) the house. She also 11
plays (play) with her grandchildren or 12 watches (watch) TV with them.
Mrs. Green isn’t happy in London. She 13 enjoys (enjoy) her work but she 14 says (say) she 15
misses (miss) her family a lot.